System And Method for Providing Advisory Notifications to Mobile Applications

ABSTRACT

A system and method are provided for providing advisory notifications to mobile applications. The method includes interfacing the server device with at least one endpoint within an enterprise system and storing a model trained by a machine learning engine to automatically determine advisory notifications relevant to client data sets stored by the endpoint(s) and/or the at least one endpoint. The method also includes determining a current state of a client account, using the model to determine an advisory notification for the client account based on the current state, referring to a set of rules to determine when to provide the advisory notification in the mobile application, and in what portion of the mobile application to display the notification; and sending the advisory notification via the communications module to a client device to display the advisory notification in the mobile application.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The following relates generally to providing advisory notifications tomobile applications.

BACKGROUND

Mobile applications (also referred to as “apps”) are continuing toincrease in popularity with customers and clients and are thereforeincreasingly adopted by businesses, agencies and other organizations.With these increases in popularity and adoption, customers are found toexpect such mobile apps to be able to do more and more for the user inorder to get more out of their mobile experience. For example, when thisis not the case, in some experiences, customers may be unable to findinformation or may not even be aware of the capabilities of a mobileapp.

While the user can explore and experiment with features within the appand determine the features on their own, in many cases these usersbecome frustrated and may seek assistance. For example, the user maycontact a live agent using a telephone or chat channel to determine howto find and use certain features, which is burdensome to both the userand to the enterprise hosting and providing services via the mobile app.

Given the form factor and limited screen size of many mobile devices(such as smart phones and tables), while mobile apps are meant to bepowerful and convenient (by taking advantage of increasingly convenientprocessing power and network connectivity), they should be simple to usewith a clean and uncluttered interface. There exists a challenge inbalancing these competing objectives while keeping the user engaged andusing the mobile app as a primary point of contact. For example, toomuch generic information can be overwhelming to a user and too littleinformation means the user may miss certain functionalities or featuresor be unable to figure out how to use the functionalities or features.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments will now be described with reference to the appendeddrawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example computing environment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an advisory engine coupled to multipleenterprise endpoints and a mobile application server to provide advisorynotifications to a mobile application.

FIG. 3 is an example of a rule set for nudge actions associated withadvisory notifications.

FIG. 4 is an example of a graphical user interface for a mobileapplication in which an advisory notification is displayed for anoverdraft scenario.

FIG. 5 is an example of a graphical user interface for obtaining moreinformation and/or performing a follow-up action associated with adisplayed advisory notification.

FIG. 6 is an example of a graphical user interface for a mobileapplication in which an advisory notification is displayed for anupcoming payment management scenario.

FIG. 7 is an example of a graphical user interface for a mobileapplication in which an advisory notification is displayed forsuggesting an alternative service.

FIG. 8 is an example of a graphical user interface for a mobileapplication in which an advisory notification is displayed for a savingsgoal suggestion.

FIG. 9 is an example of a graphical user interface for a mobileapplication in which an advisory notification is displayed subsequent tosetting a savings goal.

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of an example of computer executableinstructions for providing advisory notifications.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an example configuration of the advisorengine.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an example configuration of an enterprisesystem.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an example configuration of a clientcomputing device associated with a user, customer, or client.

FIG. 14 is a flow diagram of an example of computer executableinstructions for applying machine learning models to prior notificationtriggers to analyze current account states for generating advisorynotifications.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration,where considered appropriate, reference numerals may be repeated amongthe figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. Inaddition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide athorough understanding of the example embodiments described herein.However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the artthat the example embodiments described herein may be practiced withoutthese specific details. In other instances, well-known methods,procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not toobscure the example embodiments described herein. Also, the descriptionis not to be considered as limiting the scope of the example embodimentsdescribed herein.

A “micro-advisor” is described herein that can be provided using anadvisor engine as a layer beneath front-end user interfaces of mobileapplications, to provide helpful reminders, notifications, andinstructional information to users, which are based on context andcurrent information associated with that user. The micro-advisor canprovide “nudges”. Such nudges can be considered strategically insertedreminders, alerts or notifications at an appropriate day/time, at aparticular location within the mobile application, and with anappropriate frequency or cadence to ensure the user is getting the mostout of their mobile app experience without overwhelming the user withtoo much information or information at inappropriate times. Themicro-advisor can therefore eliminate at least some interactions withlive agents and reduce the stresses on customer service channels.

The advisor engine can leverage artificial intelligence (AI)/machinelearning (ML) tools and techniques to perform predictive orprobabilistic analytics, or to build and refine models that are used tostrategically select the day/time, location, and cadence of suchadvisory notifications.

It will be appreciated that while examples provided herein are directedto customer/client interactions in mobile applications provided by afinancial institution environment, the principles discussed hereinequally apply to other types of enterprises, for example, any customerservice, e-learning, training, or other enterprise providing aninteractive experience via a mobile application.

Certain example systems and methods described herein are able todetermine appropriate advisory notifications and provide same in amobile application. In one aspect, there is provided a server device forproviding advisory notifications to mobile applications. The serverdevice includes a processor, a communications module coupled to theprocessor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory storescomputer executable instructions that when executed by the processorcause the processor to interface the server device, via thecommunications module, with at least one endpoint within an enterprisesystem, each endpoint storing client data sets corresponding to clientaccounts, each client account providing at least one feature in a mobileapplication for executing operations associated with the client account.The memory also stores computer executable instructions that whenexecuted by the processor cause the processor to store a model trainedby a machine learning engine to automatically determine advisorynotifications relevant to the client data sets, the at least oneendpoint, or both the client data sets and the at least one endpoint anddetermine a current state of a client account by communicating with theat least one endpoint via the communications module. The memory alsostores computer executable instructions that when executed by theprocessor cause the processor to use the model to determine an advisorynotification for the client account based on the current state; andrefer to a set of rules to determine when to provide the advisorynotification in the mobile application, and in what portion of themobile application to display the notification. The memory also storescomputer executable instructions that when executed by the processorcause the processor to send the advisory notification via thecommunications module to a client device to display the advisorynotification in the mobile application.

In another aspect, there is provided a method of providing advisorynotifications to mobile applications. The method includes interfacingthe server device with at least one endpoint within an enterprisesystem, each endpoint storing client data sets corresponding to clientaccounts, each client account providing at least one feature in a mobileapplication for executing operations associated with the client account.The method also includes storing a model trained by a machine learningengine to automatically determine advisory notifications relevant to theclient data sets, the at least one endpoint, or both the client datasets and the at least one endpoint. The method also includes determininga current state of a client account by communicating with the at leastone endpoint and using the model to determine an advisory notificationfor the client account based on the current state. The method alsoincludes referring to a set of rules to determine when to provide theadvisory notification in the mobile application, and in what portion ofthe mobile application to display the notification; and sending theadvisory notification via the communications module to a client deviceto display the advisory notification in the mobile application.

In another aspect, there is provided a non-transitory computer readablemedium for providing advisory notification to mobile applications. Thecomputer readable medium includes computer executable instructions forinterfacing a server device with at least one endpoint within anenterprise system, each endpoint storing client data sets correspondingto client accounts, each client account providing at least one featurein a mobile application for executing operations associated with theclient account. The computer readable medium also includes computerexecutable instructions for storing a model trained by a machinelearning engine to automatically determine advisory notificationsrelevant to the client data sets, the at least one endpoint, or both theclient data sets and the at least one endpoint. The computer readablemedium also includes computer executable instructions for determining acurrent state of a client account by communicating with the at least oneendpoint and using the model to determine an advisory notification forthe client account based on the current state. The computer readablemedium also includes computer executable instructions for referring to aset of rules to determine when to provide the advisory notification inthe mobile application, and in what portion of the mobile application todisplay the notification; and sending the advisory notification via thecommunications module to a client device to display the advisorynotification in the mobile application.

In certain example embodiments, the advisory notification can include atleast one option to obtain more information, or to execute an actionassociated with the advisory notification. The method can furtherinclude determining that an input indicative of an interaction with theadvisory notification has been received and obtaining the moreinformation from one of the at least one endpoints or facilitatingexecution of the action by communicating with the mobile application orthe at least one endpoint. Facilitating execution of the action caninclude communicating with a plurality of endpoints in the enterprisesystem.

In certain example embodiments, the advisory notification can beconfigured to be displayed in a dedicated portion of the mobileapplication. The mobile application can include a portion displayinginformation associated with a plurality of client accounts and theadvisory notification is displayed in a notification card adjacent theplurality of accounts.

In certain example embodiments, the server device can be configured tointerface the server device with a plurality of endpoints in theenterprise system to determine the advisory notification based on clientdata from a plurality of client accounts. The enterprise system caninclude a financial institution, the plurality of accounts can includemultiple financial service accounts, and the advisory notification caninclude information based on client data pulled from client data sets inmultiple endpoints within the financial institution. A first endpointcan provide client data indicative of a first service provided by athird party that was used by the client account and is available as asecond service from a second endpoint within the enterprise system, theadvisory notification providing a suggestion to use the second serviceprovided by the second endpoint.

In certain example embodiments, the server device can be configured toreceive updates from the at least one endpoint to the set of rules andupdate the set of rules.

In certain example embodiments, the set of rules can include at leastone of: i) rules associated with the at least one endpoint, and ii)rules based on user preferences.

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary computing environment 8. In one aspect,the computing environment 8 may include an enterprise system 16 havingan advisor engine 22, one or more client devices 12, and acommunications network 14 connecting one or more components of thecomputing environment 8.

The enterprise system 16 may be associated with a financial institutionsystem (e.g., for a commercial bank) that provides financial servicesaccounts to users and processes financial transactions associated withthose financial service accounts. This can include providing customerservice options via a mobile application (app) 20 that can be downloadedto and used by users of the client devices 12. The enterprise system 16includes a mobile application server 18 used to serve the mobile app 20and the advisor engine 22 provides an interactive layer between themobile application server 18 and one or more enterprise endpoints 24,which can each be associated with a department, line of business,service or other entity or sub-entity within or associated with theenterprise system 16. For example, in a financial institution system,one enterprise endpoint 24 can be associated with everyday banking whileanother endpoint 24 can be associated with credit accounts or investmentaccounts, mortgages, insurance, etc. While several details of theenterprise system 16 have been omitted for clarity of illustration,reference will be made to FIG. 12 below for additional details.

Client devices 12 may be associated with one or more users. Users may bereferred to herein as customers, clients, correspondents, agents, orother entities that interact with the enterprise system 16 and/oradvisor engine 22 (directly or indirectly). The computing environment 8may include multiple client devices 12, each client device 12 beingassociated with a separate user or associated with one or more users. Incertain embodiments, a user may operate client device 12 such thatclient device 12 performs one or more processes consistent with thedisclosed embodiments. For example, the user may use client device 12 toengage and interface with a mobile or web-based banking application(i.e., the mobile app 20) which permits the advisor engine 22 todetermine and provide advisory notifications to the mobile app 20 of aparticular or particular ones of the client devices 12. In certainaspects, client device 12 can include, but is not limited to, a personalcomputer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, ahand-held computer, a personal digital assistant, a portable navigationdevice, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a gaming device, an embeddeddevice, a smart phone, a virtual reality device, an augmented realitydevice, third party portals, an automated teller machine (ATM), and anyadditional or alternate computing device, and may be operable totransmit and receive data across communication network 14.

Communication network 14 may include a telephone network, cellular,and/or data communication network to connect different types of clientdevices 12. For example, the communication network 14 may include aprivate or public switched telephone network (PSTN), mobile network(e.g., code division multiple access (CDMA) network, global system formobile communications (GSM) network, and/or any 3G, 4G, or 5G wirelesscarrier network, etc.), WiFi or other similar wireless network, and aprivate and/or public wide area network (e.g., the Internet).

In one embodiment, advisor engine 22 may be one or more computer systemsconfigured to process and store information and execute softwareinstructions to perform one or more processes consistent with thedisclosed embodiments. In certain embodiments, although not required,advisor engine 22 may be associated with one or more business entities.In certain embodiments, the advisor engine 22 may represent or be partof any type of business entity. For example, advisor engine 22 may be asystem associated with a commercial bank (e.g., enterprise system 16), aretailer, utility, government entity, educational institution, or someother type of business. The advisor engine 22 can also operate as astandalone entity (see, e.g., FIG. 2 ) that is configured to servemultiple business entities, e.g., to act as an agent therefor.

Continuing with FIG. 1 , the advisor engine 22 and/or enterprise system16 may also include a cryptographic server (not shown) for performingcryptographic operations and providing cryptographic services (e.g.,authentication (via digital signatures), data protection (viaencryption), etc.) to provide a secure interaction channel andinteraction session, etc. Such a cryptographic server can also beconfigured to communicate and operate with a cryptographicinfrastructure, such as a public key infrastructure (PKI), certificateauthority (CA), certificate revocation service, signing authority, keyserver, etc. The cryptographic server and cryptographic infrastructurecan be used to protect the various data communications described herein,to secure communication channels therefor, authenticate parties, managedigital certificates for such parties, manage keys (e.g., public andprivate keys in a PKI), and perform other cryptographic operations thatare required or desired for particular applications of the advisorengine 22 and enterprise system 16. The cryptographic server may be usedto protect sensitive data (e.g., financial data) and/or client data 30and/or mobile app data 26 (see, e.g., FIG. 2 ) and/or data stored in adatastore storing nudge rules 34 (see also FIG. 2 ), by way ofencryption for data protection, digital signatures or message digestsfor data integrity, and by using digital certificates to authenticatethe identity of the users and client devices 12 with which theenterprise system 16 and/or advisor engine 22 communicates to inhibitdata breaches by adversaries. It can be appreciated that variouscryptographic mechanisms and protocols can be chosen and implemented tosuit the constraints and requirements of the particular deployment ofthe advisor engine 22 or enterprise system 16 as is known in the art.

Referring now to FIG. 2 , the advisor engine 22 is shown as coupled tovarious components, entities, and services of, or associated with, theenterprise system 16 and mobile app 20 whether the advisor engine 22 isintegrated into the enterprise system 16 or provided separately as aservice therefor. The advisor engine 22 is positioned and operablebetween the mobile application server 18 and, in this example, a numberof enterprise endpoints 24 to coordinate and deliver advisorynotifications to the mobile app 20 that are associated with products,services, or features of the mobile app 20 that are handled or providedby certain enterprise endpoints 24. For example, an advisorynotification can be generated by the advisor engine 22 based on accountinformation pulled from multiple enterprise endpoints 24 to detect lowbalance or potential overdraft scenarios. In this example, eachenterprise endpoint includes or has access to client data 30 associatedwith one or more accounts for users of client devices 12 running themobile app 20. However, it can be appreciated that multiple endpoints 24can have access to the same client data 30 in other configurations.

The mobile application server 18 includes or otherwise has access to adatastore for storing mobile app data 26, which can include data alsostored as client data 30 by an enterprise endpoint 24 and/or provide acache for same. The data 26, 30 may include any information or content,such as account data, personal data, conversation scripts or othercontextual data (e.g., from call center interactions), metadata, tags,notes, files (e.g., PDFs), links (e.g., uniform resource locators(URLs)), images, videos, etc. that are created from or otherwise relateto interactions (e.g., conversations) between entities in the computingenvironment 8, in particular those made using client devices 12 via oneor more communication channels available via the communication network14 or other communication networks 14. As such, the data 26, 30 can beused by the advisor engine 22 in performing operations such as thosedescribed herein. The client data 30 may include both data associatedwith a user of a client device 12 that interacts with the enterprisesystem 16 and mobile app 20 (e.g., for participating in mobile bankingand using customer service channels associated with such banking) andtransaction history data that is captured and provided with atransaction entry, e.g., in the graphical user interface of a mobile orweb-based banking application. The data associated with a user caninclude client profile data that may be mapped to correspondingfinancial data for that user and/or may include some of the financialdata. Client profile data can include both data that is associated witha client as well as data that is associated with one or more useraccounts for that client as recognized by the computing environment 8.

The data associated with a client may include, without limitation,demographic data (e.g., age, gender, income, location, etc.), preferencedata input by the client, and inferred data generated through machinelearning, modeling, pattern matching, or other automated techniques. Theclient profile data may also include historical interactions andtransactions associated with the enterprise system 16, e.g., loginhistory, search history, communication logs, metadata, files, documents,etc.

It can be appreciated that the datastores used to store client data 30and mobile app data 26 are shown as separate components from theenterprise endpoints 24 and mobile application server 18/enterprisesystem 16 for illustrative purposes only and may also be at leastpartially stored within a database, memory, or portion thereof withinthe enterprise system 16.

The advisor engine 22 includes or has access to a machine learningsystem 28, which can be employed to train one or more models 32 based onestablished logic and/or historical data concerning past delivery ofadvisory notifications, what is used to trigger such notifications, andat which day/time, location, cadence, etc. they are displayed. Themachine learning system 28 can employ various machine learningtechniques and can be used over time to continuously train and retrainmodels 26 based on new advisory notifications and client data 20 asdiscussed in greater detail below.

By integrating or coupling the advisor engine 22 to multiple enterpriseendpoints 24 in the enterprise system 16, the advisor engine 22 can takeinto account different sets of client data 30 and indicators or flagsdetectable from that data 30 to provide coordinated advisorynotifications to the mobile app 20 without overwhelming the user of themobile app 20. In this way, a single advisory “hub” can be provided inan extensible and scalable manner to adapt to changing configurationsand to accommodate new entities and services provided within theenterprise system 16 while maintaining consistency and familiarity ofthe advisory notifications for the user. The ML system 28 and app model32 can be used to leverage detectable events, triggers, or flags andsuccessful advisory notifications provided to other users and to retrainthe app model 32 over time as experiences with the nudges provided bythese advisory notifications are tracked. The app model 32 can be usedby the advisor engine 22 to determine when advisory notifications may beappropriate based on the current state of an account or othercharacteristic of the client data 30 and a set of nudge rules 34 can beused to map certain triggers and/or days/times to actions and locationswithin the mobile app 20 in which to deliver the advisory notification.For example, as illustrated in examples described below, the mobile app20 can be designed to include portions or panes of the user interface,also referred to herein as “nudge cards” or notificationportions/areas/locations. In this way different actions can beassociated with different triggers and/or nudge locations to prioritizeand differentiate the urgency or importance of certain advisorynotifications. The nudge rules 34 can also provide a flexible rule setdata structure to incorporate both enterprise-imposed rules and userpreferences. For example, a user may wish to suppress advisorynotifications in certain locations/areas of the mobile app 20 or haveall advisory notifications displayed in the same area. Certain nudgeactions can also be dismissed or ignored by the user to have themsuppressed by the advisor engine 22.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a rule set for the nudge rules 34. Inthis example, the rule set includes a nudge rule 44 in each row, with aseries of characteristics of each rule 44 in a series of correspondingcolumns. Each rule 44 in this example has a corresponding nudge action38, i.e., the type of advisory notification that is to be displayed; acorresponding day/time/trigger 40, i.e., at least one criterion thatdictates when the nudge action 38 is to be displayed. For example, theday/time/trigger 40 can specify a periodic reminder (e.g., once perweek) or an asynchronous trigger such as a threshold balance, statusevent, user interaction, system event, administrator action/event, etc.Each rule 44 also includes a corresponding nudge location 42 which canbe used to further customize the delivery of advisory notifications byspecifying where in the mobile app 20 the notification is to bedisplayed. For example, financial account-related alerts that are deemedimportant or critical may be displayed in a launch window or pane,adjacent (e.g., above) account details, or both.

In FIG. 3 , three examples are listed; and it can be appreciated thatany number of rules 44 can be created, refined, removed, suppressed, orotherwise utilized on a per-service or per-client basis. The threeexamples include an overdraft alert, a “use our service” notification,and a savings goal option. The overdraft alert in this example istriggered by balance X at day Y, e.g., suggesting that a current balancenear expected payments or withdrawals could lead to an overdraftscenario. The nudge location for this important notification is abovethe account data. The savings goal has a similar trigger but is deemedless important or otherwise associated with longer-term planning and isprovided in an insights card as the nudge location 42. The use ourservice nudge action 38 is an example of a use for the advisor engine 22to advantageously provide cross-coordination between endpoints 24 in theenterprise system 16, e.g., to detect in a credit card or chequingaccount that a 3^(rd) party service was used to perform a wire transferthat could have been done using one of the endpoints 24 in theenterprise system 16.

Referring now to FIGS. 4 through 9 example use cases for having theadvisory engine 22 determine and provide advisory notifications to themobile app 20, are shown. FIG. 4 illustrates a mobile app user interface(UI) 50. The app UI 50 includes a banner portion 52 providing a numberof options, an advisory notification portion 54, an accounts portion 60,and an “Open a new account” portion 66 which is an example of anotherportion of the UI 50 that can be scrolled to or otherwise accessed. Theadvisory notification portion 54 in this example is positioned at ornear the top of the app UI 50 to be more noticeable to the user. In thisexample scenario, an overdraft alert is detected, which triggers anadvisory notification 56. The advisory notification 56 in this exampleindicates that based on upcoming payments the user should make suretheir account balance covers the upcoming payments. The account data andupcoming payments data can be obtained by the advisory engine 22communicating with one or more of the enterprise endpoints 24. This canbe done proactively by the advisory engine 22 or reactively by receivingperiodic updates or batch data updates from the endpoints 24. Thenotification portion 54 is configured to include a Move Money option 58,which is an option or follow-up action that is associated with theadvisory notification 56 and can be launched or otherwise linked intofrom the mobile app UI 50. By placing the advisory notification 54 abovethe accounts portion 60, the user can conveniently review their accountbalances 64 for corresponding accounts 62. In this example, therelatively high savings balance with a relatively low chequing balancecan be observed and money moved from the savings account to the chequingaccount to bridge the potential overdraft scenario. It can beappreciated that the advisory notification 56 include additionalinformation, such as when the overdraft scenario may occur and/or linksor options to drill into more information to enable the user to planaccordingly. In this example, the app UI 50 also includes the newaccount option 66, which includes an option 68 to view all action items.The new account option 66 is an example of other mobile app featuresthat can be positioned relative to other portions, including theadvisory notification portion 54 to manage the delivery of informationto the user in a controlled manner, e.g., to provide timely informationwithout overwhelming the user.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of an additional information page 70associated with the advisory notification 56. The information page 70can be accessed, for example, by tapping or otherwise selecting thenotification 56 or an option embedded therein (not shown). Theinformation page 70 provides explanatory information 72 and additionalinformation 74 such as frequently asked questions (FAQs) to assist theuser in determining what they should do to address the alert. In thisexample, the Move Money option 58 is also provided within theinformation page 70 to enable the user to access this option to movefunds as described above. The information page 70 can also be used toprovide access to an automated service, chatbot, digital assistant, orlive agent. For example, a micro-advisor can be provided by the advisorengine 22 to further assist the user in address events flagged in theadvisory notification 56. In this example an automated advisor portion78 can be selected to trigger an automated assistance service. Alsoshown is an option 80 to show additional information such as latesttransactions. It can be appreciated that option 80 can also be displayedin the advisory notification portion 54, if desired. The advisor engine22 and nudge rule sets 34 can be adapted to personalize and configurethe advisory notification features exemplified herein. Moreover, the MLsystem 28 can be used to train the app model 32 to refine userpreferences as the enterprise system 16 gathers experience data fromwitnessing and/or engaging in actual interactions with the system.

Referring now to FIG. 6 , another scenario is illustrated in which anaccount activity forecast is provided in the advisory notificationportion 54. In this scenario, an advisory notification 84 pertaining toactivity in a specific account with automated or expected paymentsupcoming. For example, the user may have arranged automated billpayments and, based on historical activity in the user's chequingaccount (e.g., deposits versus withdrawals), the advisor engine 22 maydetermine that a bill payment should be adjusted or money moved (like inthe scenario shown in FIG. 4 ) to address a potential shortfall. A Takea Look option 86 is provided in this example to provide the user withadditional information. For example, the advisor engine 22 can determinethat a monthly transfer to the savings account or an RSP is too highwith expected bill payments and without further deposits and could beadjusted or skipped. The user, with this information, can adjustaccordingly.

FIG. 7 illustrates another scenario in which the advisory notificationportion 54 is used to display a suggested service. While not necessarilyan urgent alert, the enterprise system 16 can use the advisor engine 22to detect when third party services used by customers could be fulfilledby one of the enterprise endpoints 24 to cross-sell services orotherwise link services together. In this example, an advisorynotification 92 flags for the user that a service they previously usedto transfer funds internationally could have been done using a serviceof the enterprise system 16. The detection of such third party serviceusage can be done using various data analytics techniques such as byapplying fuzzy logic to account transactions to detect, from availableinformation such as vendor, address, etc., that a particular service wasused. The advisory engine 22 can use the ML system 28 or another dataanalytics or data processing engine (not shown) to perform such analysesof client data 30 obtained from one or more of the enterprise endpoints24.

Referring now to FIGS. 8 and 9 , the advisor engine 22 can also be usedto determine when and in what portion of the mobile app UI 50 to presentadditional options or features of the mobile app 20 of which the usermay not necessarily be aware. In FIG. 8 , an insights portion 96 isdisplayed below the accounts portion 60 and can be viewed in thisexample by scrolling down the page that was shown in FIG. 4 . Theinsights portion 96 includes an advisory notification 98 indicative of afeature that the user can or has become eligible to use. In thisexample, the advisor engine 22 detects from data received or obtainedfrom one or more enterprise endpoints 24 that the user should end upwith sufficient savings to set a savings goal. A Set a Savings Goaloption 100 is provided to enable the user to initiate such a feature.

FIG. 9 illustrates a savings goal portion 102 that is displayed in theapp UI 50 after selecting the Set a savings goal option 100 shown inFIG. 8 . The savings goal portion 102 includes a summary 104 of the typeof savings goal, namely a down payment goal in this example and a numberof options 106 that can be selected to determine additional information.The insights portion 96 in this example is now updated to include a listof recently created savings goals 108 with an allocation 110 and an“afford by” indicator 112. The goal 108 also includes a progress bar 114to show the user's progress towards the goal. In the example shown inFIG. 9 , 100% of the savings dedicated to the savings goals is allocatedto the down payment goal 108 with an additional savings goal 108associated with a home renovation set up but with 0% allocated. In thisway, the user can set up multiple goals that can be achieved in parallelor sequentially as illustrated in this example (i.e., where the 100%allocation to down payment is to be achieved before the renovationsavings begins) The insights portion 96 can also include a View all myinsights option 116 to allow other insights to be displayed. Forexample, in addition to savings goals, the mobile app 20 may permit theuser to set investing goals, etc.

Referring now to FIG. 10 , an example embodiment of computer executableinstructions for providing advisory notifications 56, 84, 92, 98 isshown. At block 120, a server device associated with or used by theadvisor engine 22 is interfaced with one or more endpoints 24 in theenterprise system 16. At block 122, the advisor engine 22 stores a model(e.g., app model 32) trained by the ML system 28 to automaticallydetermine advisory notifications. For example, the app model 32 can betrained to detect patterns in spending activity or provide triggers orthresholds that can be associated with certain advisory notifications.At block 124, the advisor engine 22 determines a current state of aclient account by communicating with the one or more endpoints 24. Forexample, the advisor engine 22 can proactively or reactively receivedata from the endpoints 24 and apply the app model 32 to such data todetermine if an advisory notification should be sent based on thecurrent state at block 126. At block 128, the advisor engine 22 refersto a set of rules such as the nudge rules 34 to determine when and whereto provide the advisory notification within the app UI 50. At block 130,the advisor engine 22 can provide or send the advisory notification orotherwise trigger same, via the mobile application server 18 and mobileapp 20.

In FIG. 11 , an example configuration of the advisor engine 22 is shown.In certain embodiments, the advisor engine 22 may include one or moreprocessors 140, a communications module 142, and a database interfacemodule 144 for interfacing with the data 26, 30 to retrieve, modify, andstore (e.g., add) data. The advisor engine 22 can be embodied as one ormore server devices and/or other computing device(s) configured tooperate within computing environment 8. Communications module 142enables the advisor engine 22 to communicate with one or more othercomponents of the computing environment 8, such as client device 12 (orone of its components), via a bus or other communication network, suchas the communication network 14. While not delineated in FIG. 11 , theadvisor engine 22 includes at least one memory or memory device that caninclude a tangible and non-transitory computer-readable medium havingstored therein computer programs, sets of instructions, code, or data tobe executed by processor 140. FIG. 11 illustrates examples of modules,tools and engines stored in memory on the advisor engine 22 and operatedby the processor 140. It can be appreciated that any of the modules,tools, and engines shown in FIG. 11 may also be hosted externally and beavailable to the advisor engine 22, e.g., via the communications module142. In the example embodiment shown in FIG. 11 , the advisor engine 22includes the machine learning system 28. The machine learning system 28in this example includes a recommendation engine 146, a machine learningengine 148, a classification module 150, a training module 152, and thetrained model 32. The advisor engine 22 also includes an access controlmodule 154, an advisory notifications module 156, an enterprise systeminterface module 158, and one or more endpoint interface modules 160.

The recommendation engine 146 is used by the advisor engine 22 togenerate one or more recommendations for advisory notifications for theadvisor engine 22. It may be noted that a recommendation as used hereinmay refer to a prediction, suggestion, inference, association or otherrecommended identifier that can be used to generate a notification,message, content, or a combination thereof that provides data and/orinformation for preparing an advisory notification. The recommendationengine 146 can access the data 26, 30 via the databases interface module144 and apply one or more inference processes to generate therecommendation(s). The recommendation engine 146 may utilize orotherwise interface with the machine learning engine 148 to bothclassify data currently being analyzed to generate a suggestion orrecommendation, and to train classifiers using data that is continuallybeing processed and accumulated by the advisor engine 22 (e.g., advisorynotifications and triggers and/or interactions therewith, stored overtime). That is, the recommendation engine 146 can learn when and whereto provide advisory notifications and for which endpoint(s) 24 andgenerate and improve upon one or more trained models 32 over time.

The machine learning engine 148 may also perform operations thatclassify account data and/or other client data 30 in accordance withcorresponding classifications parameters, e.g., based on an applicationof one or more machine learning algorithms to each of the groups of data26, 30. The machine learning algorithms may include, but are not limitedto, a one-dimensional, convolutional neural network model (e.g.,implemented using a corresponding neural network library, such asKeras®), and the one or more machine learning algorithms may be trainedagainst, and adaptively improved, using elements of previouslyclassified profile content identifying suitable matches between contentidentified and potential actions to be executed. Subsequent toclassifying the conversation or contextual content, the recommendationengine 146 may further process each element of the content to identify,and extract, a value characterizing the corresponding one of theclassification parameters, e.g., based on an application of one or moreadditional machine learning algorithms to each of the elements of thecontent. By way of example, the additional machine learning algorithmsmay include, but are not limited to, an adaptive NLP algorithm that,among other things, predicts starting and ending indices of a candidateparameter value within each element of the content, extracts thecandidate parameter value in accordance with the predicted indices, andcomputes a confidence score for the candidate parameter value thatreflects a probability that the candidate parameter value accuratelyrepresents the corresponding classification parameter. As describedherein, the one or more additional machine learning algorithms may betrained against, and adaptively improved using, the locally maintainedelements of previously classified content. Classification parameters maybe stored and maintained using the classification module 150, andtraining data may be stored and maintained using the training module152.

The trained model 32 may also be created, stored, refined, updated,re-trained, and referenced by the advisor engine 22 and/or enterprisesystem 16 to determine associations between users, transactions,interactions, conversations, third party data, or other contextualcontent. Such associations can be used to generate “people like you”recommendations or suggestions for advisory notifications based on whathas worked or been done with other users.

In some instances, classification data stored in the classificationmodule 150 may identify one or more parameters, e.g., “classification”parameters, that facilitate a classification of corresponding elementsor groups of recognized content based on any of the exemplary machinelearning algorithms or processes described herein. The one or moreclassification parameters may correspond to parameters that can indicatean affinity or compatibility between the data 26, 30 and certainpotential actions (e.g., as set out in the nudge rules 34).

In some instances, the additional, or alternate, machine learningalgorithms may include one or more adaptive, NLP algorithms capable ofparsing each of the classified portions of the profile content andpredicting a starting and ending index of the candidate parameter valuewithin each of the classified portions. Examples of the adaptive, NLPalgorithms include, but are not limited to, NLP models that leveragemachine learning processes or artificial neural network processes, suchas a named entity recognition model implemented using a SpaCy® library.

Examples of these adaptive, machine learning processes include, but arenot limited to, one or more artificial, neural network models, such as aone-dimensional, convolutional neural network model, e.g., implementedusing a corresponding neural network library, such as Keras®. In someinstances, the one-dimensional, convolutional neural network model mayimplement one or more classifier functions or processes, such a Softmax®classifier, capable of predicting an association between an element ofconversation or context data (e.g., something indicative of an actionrequired by the user related to one of their accounts) and a singleclassification parameter and additionally, or alternatively, multipleclassification parameters.

Based on the output of the one or more machine learning algorithms orprocesses, such as the one-dimensional, convolutional neural networkmodel described herein, machine learning engine 148 may performoperations that classify each of the discrete elements of conversationor context content as a corresponding one of the classificationparameters, e.g., as obtained from classification data stored by theclassification module 150.

The outputs of the machine learning algorithms or processes may then beused by the recommendation engine 146 to generate one or more suggestedactions that can be presented to the advisory notifications module 156to generate a suitable advisory notification that is delivered accordingto the nudge rules 34.

Referring again to FIG. 11 , the access control module 154 may be usedto apply a hierarchy of permission levels or otherwise applypredetermined criteria to determine what client data 30 can be sharedwith which entity in the computing environment 8. For example, theadvisor engine 22 may have been granted access to certain sensitiveclient data 30 or financial data for a user, which is associated with acertain client device 12 in the computing environment 8. Similarly,certain client profile data stored in the client data 30 may includepotentially sensitive information such as age, date of birth, ornationality, which may not necessarily be needed by the advisor engine22 to execute certain actions. As such, the access control module 154can be used to control the sharing of certain client profile data orother client data 30 and/or content stored in the datastores for appdata 26 and/or client data 30 and/or other financial data based on atype of client/user, a permission or preference, or any otherrestriction imposed by the computing environment 8 or application inwhich the advisor engine 22 is used.

The advisor engine 22 may also include the advisory notifications module156 configured to send alerts or notifications via appropriate channelsvia the mobile application server 18, based on actions determinedappropriate by the advisor engine 22. The advisor engine 22 may alsoinclude one or more endpoint interface modules 160 to enable the advisorengine 22 to integrate with and communicate with the enterpriseendpoints 24 as discussed above. The interface module(s) 160 can takethe form of an application programming interface (API), softwaredevelopment kit (SDK) or any other software, plug-in, agent, or toolthat allows the advisor engine 22 to be integrated with or within anapplication associated with another entity.

The advisor engine 22 may also include an enterprise system interfacemodule 158 to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) or APIconnectivity to communicate with the enterprise system 16 to obtainclient data 30 and financial data for a certain user. It can beappreciated that the enterprise system interface module 158 may alsoprovide a web browser-based interface, an application or “app”interface, a machine language interface, etc.

In FIG. 12 , an example configuration of the enterprise system 16 isshown. The enterprise system 16 includes a communications module 162that enables the enterprise system 16 to communicate with one or moreother components of the computing environment 8, such as client device12 (or one of its components) or advisor engine 22, via a bus or othercommunication network, such as the communication network 14. While notdelineated in FIG. 12 , the system 16 includes at least one memory ormemory device that can include a tangible and non-transitorycomputer-readable medium having stored therein computer programs, setsof instructions, code, or data to be executed by one or more processors(not shown for clarity of illustration). FIG. 12 illustrates examples ofservers and datastores/databases operable within the system 16. It canbe appreciated that any of the components shown in FIG. 12 may also behosted externally and be available to the system 16. e.g., via thecommunications module 162. In the example embodiment shown in FIG. 12 ,the enterprise system 16 includes one or more servers to provide accessto the client data app data 26 and/or client data 30 to the advisorengine 22 via or on behalf of the enterprise endpoint(s) 24 to enablethe advisor engine 22 to enable advisory notifications to be created andfor advisory notifications to be learned, suggested and/or recommendedto the user. Exemplary servers include the mobile application server 18,a web application server 166 and a data server 168. Although not shownin FIG. 12 , as noted above, the system 16 may also include acryptographic server for performing cryptographic operations andproviding cryptographic services. The cryptographic server can also beconfigured to communicate and operate with a cryptographicinfrastructure. The enterprise system 16 may also include one or moredata storages for storing and providing data for use in such services,such as data storage for storing mobile app data 26 and/or client data30.

Mobile application server 18 supports interactions with the mobile app20 installed on client device 12. Mobile application server 18 canaccess other resources of the enterprise system 16 to carry out requestsmade by, and to provide content and data to, mobile app 20 on clientdevice 12. In certain example embodiments, mobile application server 18supports a mobile banking application to provide payments from one ormore accounts of user, among other things. As shown in FIG. 12 , themobile application server 18 can include an advisory API 164 whichenables the mobile app 20 to integrate or otherwise coordinate or workwith the advisor engine 22 to provide an advisory notificationfunctionality. For example, the advisory API 164 can communicate withthe advisor engine 22 via the enterprise system integration module 158in the advisor engine 22 (see FIG. 11 ).

Web application server 166 supports interactions using a websiteaccessed by a web browser application 180 (see FIG. 13 ) running on theclient device 12. It can be appreciated that the mobile applicationserver 18 and the web application server 166 can provide different frontends for the same application, that is, the mobile (app) and web(browser) versions of the same application 20. For example, theenterprise system 16 may provide a banking application that be accessedvia a smartphone or tablet app while also being accessible via a browseron any browser-enabled device. As shown in FIG. 12 , the web applicationserver 166 may also include an advisory API 164 to enable the webapplication to integrate or otherwise coordinate or work with theadvisor engine 22 to provide advisory notification functionality to aweb version of the mobile app 20, if desired.

The client data 30 may include financial data, which can be associatedwith users of the client devices 12 (e.g., customers of the financialinstitution). The financial data may include any data related to orderived from financial values or metrics associated with customers of afinancial institution associated with the enterprise system 16, forexample, account balances, transaction histories, line of creditavailable, credit scores, mortgage balances, affordability metrics,investment account balances, investment values and types, among manyothers. Other metrics can be associated with the financial data, such asfinancial health data that is indicative of the financial health of theusers of the client devices 12. As indicated above, it can beappreciated that the client data 30 shown in FIG. 2 may be part of thefinancial data held by the enterprise system 16 and is shown separatelyfor ease of illustration and ease of reference herein. An enterpriseendpoint 24 is shown in FIG. 12 for illustrative purposes. It can beappreciated that any one or more endpoints 24 may be located within thebounds of the enterprise system 16 as shown in FIG. 12 or may be locatedelsewhere and communicable therewith, as shown generally in FIG. 2 .

In FIG. 13 , an example configuration of the client device 12 is shown.In certain embodiments, the client device 12 may include one or moreprocessors 170, a communications module 172, and a data store 182storing device data 184 and application data 186. Communications module172 enables the client device 12 to communicate with one or more othercomponents of the computing environment 8, such as advisor engine 22 orenterprise system 16, via a bus or other communication network, such asthe communication network 14. While not delineated in FIG. 13 , theclient device 12 includes at least one memory or memory device that caninclude a tangible and non-transitory computer-readable medium havingstored therein computer programs, sets of instructions, code, or data tobe executed by processor 170. FIG. 13 illustrates examples of modulesand applications stored in memory on the client device 12 and operatedby the processor 170. It can be appreciated that any of the modules andapplications shown in FIG. 13 may also be hosted externally and beavailable to the client device 12, e.g., via the communications module172.

In the example embodiment shown in RC. 13, the client device 12 includesa display module 174 for rendering GUIs and other visual outputs on adisplay device such as a display screen, and an input module 176 forprocessing user or other inputs received at the client device 12, e.g.,via a touchscreen, input button, transceiver, microphone, keyboard, etc.As noted above, the client device 12 can use such an input module 176 togather inputs that are indicative of behavioral cues, facialrecognition, presence detection, etc. The client device 12 may includean enterprise system application 178 provided by the enterprise system16, e.g., for performing mobile banking operations. The client device 12in this example embodiment also includes a web browser application 180for accessing Internet-based content, e.g., via a mobile or traditionalwebsite. The data store 182 may be used to store device data 184, suchas, but not limited to, an IP address or a MAC address that uniquelyidentifies client device 12 within environment 8. The data store 182 mayalso be used to store application data 186, such as, but not limited to,login credentials, user preferences, cryptographic data (e.g.,cryptographic keys), etc.

It will be appreciated that only certain modules, applications, toolsand engines are shown in FIGS. 2 and 11 to 13 for ease of illustrationand various other components would be provided and utilized by theadvisor engine 22, enterprise system 16, and client device 12, as isknown in the art.

It will also be appreciated that any module or component exemplifiedherein that executes instructions may include or otherwise have accessto computer readable media such as storage media, computer storagemedia, or data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as,for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Computer storagemedia may include volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removablemedia implemented in any method or technology for storage ofinformation, such as computer readable instructions, data structures,program modules, or other data. Examples of computer storage mediainclude RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology,CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magneticcassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magneticstorage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store thedesired information and which can be accessed by an application, module,or both. Any such computer storage media may be part of any of theservers or other devices in advisor engine 22 or enterprise system 16,or client device 12, or accessible or connectable thereto. Anyapplication or module herein described may be implemented using computerreadable/executable instructions that may be stored or otherwise held bysuch computer readable media.

Referring now to FIG. 14 , an example embodiment of computer executableinstructions for applying machine learning models trained on prioradvisory notifications and interactions related thereto to a currentstate of a user's account(s) is shown. As noted above, the machinelearning system 28 can be used to train app models 32 based onhistorical data pertaining to advisory notifications and interactions byusers with such notifications. At block 200, the advisor engine 22obtains a model 32 trained by applying machine leaning techniques toprior advisory notifications and triggers for providing suchnotifications. That is, the model 32 can be trained to appropriatelydetect when an advisory notification should be displayed so as to notoverwhelm or annoy a user. The model 32 can also be built using dataindicative of the effectiveness of certain triggers as well asinteractions post notification that would be indicative of theeffectiveness of the particular notification and/or its cadence,location, etc. With the model 32 being available to the advisor engine22, the advisor engine 22, at block 202, analyzes the current state of auser's account(s) to detect one or more triggers. For example, theadvisor engine 22 can receive, retrieve or otherwise obtain client data30 from one or more of the enterprise endpoints 24 periodically todetermine if any of the data maps to a trigger at block 204. Then, atblock 206, the advisor engine 22 can reference the rule set in the nudgerules 34 to determine the associated action, location in the mobile app20 and cadence of when to display the notification. For example, themobile app 20 or user preferences can dictate that a new notificationshould be displayed each time the mobile app 20 is opened or daily,weekly, etc.

It will be appreciated that the examples and corresponding diagrams usedherein are for illustrative purposes only. Different configurations andterminology can be used without departing from the principles expressedherein. For instance, components and modules can be added, deleted,modified, or arranged with differing connections without departing fromthese principles.

The steps or operations in the flow charts and diagrams described hereinare just for example. There may be many variations to these steps oroperations without departing from the principles discussed above. Forinstance, the steps may be performed in a differing order, or steps maybe added, deleted, or modified.

Although the above principles have been described with reference tocertain specific examples, various modifications thereof will beapparent to those skilled in the art as outlined in the appended claims.

1. A server device for providing advisory notifications to mobileapplications, the server device comprising: a processor; acommunications module coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled tothe processor, the memory storing computer executable instructions thatwhen executed by the processor cause the processor to: interface theserver device, via the communications module, with at least one endpointwithin an enterprise system, each endpoint storing client data setscorresponding to client accounts, each client account providing at leastone feature in a mobile application for executing operations associatedwith the client account, and wherein the enterprise system enables atleast one client account to process transactions, and wherein at leastone data set represents interactions between the at least one clientaccount and the enterprise system to process transactions; store a modeltrained by a machine learning engine to automatically determine advisorynotifications relevant to the client data sets, the at least oneendpoint, or both the client data sets and the at least one endpoint;determine a current state of a client account by communicating with theat least one endpoint via the communications module; use the model todetermine an advisory notification for the client account based on thecurrent state; refer to a set of rules to determine when to provide theadvisory notification in the mobile application, and in what portion ofthe mobile application to display the notification; and send theadvisory notification via the communications module to a client deviceto display the advisory notification in the mobile application, whereinthe mobile application comprises a portion displaying informationassociated with a plurality of client accounts and enabling viewing ofthe at least one client account associated with the at least one dataset documenting interactions, and wherein the advisory notification isdisplayed separately in a notification card, the notification card beingadjacent to, and separate and distinct from the portion displayinginformation associated with the plurality accounts.
 2. The server deviceof claim 1, wherein the advisory notification comprises at least oneoption to obtain more information, or to execute an action associatedwith the advisory notification.
 3. The server device of claim 2, whereinthe computer executable instructions further cause the processor to:determine that an input indicative of an interaction with the advisorynotification has been received; and obtain the more information from oneof the at least one endpoints or facilitate execution of the action bycommunicating with the mobile application or the at least one endpoint.4. The server device of claim 3, wherein facilitating execution of theaction comprises communicating with a plurality of endpoints in theenterprise system.
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 7. The server device ofclaim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause theprocessor to: interface the server device with a plurality of endpointsin the enterprise system to determine the advisory notification based onclient data from a plurality of client accounts.
 8. The server device ofclaim 7, wherein the enterprise system comprises a financialinstitution, the plurality of accounts comprises multiple financialservice accounts, and the advisory notification comprises informationbased on client data pulled from client data sets in multiple endpointswithin the financial institution.
 9. The server device of claim 7,wherein the computer executable instructions further cause the processorto: (1) determine that the at least one endpoint comprises a firstendpoint that provides client data indicative of a transaction for theclient account, wherein the transaction is provided by a party otherthan the enterprise system and that was used by the client a service tocomplete the transaction is available to the client account from asecond endpoint within the enterprise system; and (2) in response to(1), populate the advisory notification with a suggestion to use theservice provided by the second endpoint.
 10. The server device of claim1, wherein the computer executable instructions further cause theprocessor to: receive updates from the at least one endpoint to the setof rules; and update the set of rules.
 11. The server device of claim 1,wherein the set of rules comprises at least one of: i) rules associatedwith the at least one endpoint, and ii) rules based on user preferences.12. A method of providing advisory notifications to mobile applications,the method executed by a server device and comprising: interfacing theserver device with at least one endpoint within an enterprise system,each endpoint storing client data sets corresponding to client accounts,each client account providing at least one feature in a mobileapplication for executing operations associated with the client account,and wherein the enterprise system enables at least one client account toprocess transactions, and wherein at least one data set representsinteractions between the at least one client account and the enterprisesystem to process transactions; storing a model trained by a machinelearning engine to automatically determine advisory notificationsrelevant to the client data sets, the at least one endpoint, or both theclient data sets and the at least one endpoint; determining a currentstate of a client account by communicating with the at least oneendpoint; using the model to determine an advisory notification for theclient account based on the current state; referring to a set of rulesto determine when to provide the advisory notification in the mobileapplication, and in what portion of the mobile application to displaythe notification; and sending the advisory notification via thecommunications module to a client device to display the advisorynotification in the mobile application, wherein the mobile applicationcomprises a portion displaying information associated with a pluralityof client accounts and enabling viewing of the at least one clientaccount associated with the at least one data set documentinginteractions, and wherein the advisory notification is displayedseparately in a notification card, the notification card being adjacentto, and separate and distinct from the portion displaying informationassociated with the plurality accounts.
 13. The method of claim 12,wherein the advisory notification comprises at least one option toobtain more information, or to execute an action associated with theadvisory notification.
 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:determining that an input indicative of an interaction with the advisorynotification has been received; and obtaining the more information fromone of the at least one endpoints or facilitating execution of theaction by communicating with the mobile application or the at least oneendpoint.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein facilitating execution ofthe action comprises communicating with a plurality of endpoints in theenterprise system.
 16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:interfacing the server device with a plurality of endpoints in theenterprise system to determine the advisory notification based on clientdata from a plurality of client accounts.
 17. The method of claim 16,wherein the enterprise system comprises a financial institution, theplurality of accounts comprise multiple financial service accounts, andthe advisory notification comprises information based on client datapulled from client data sets in multiple endpoints within the financialinstitution.
 18. The method of claim 16, further comprising: (1)determining that the at least one endpoint comprises a first endpointthat provides client data indicative of a transaction for the clientaccount, wherein the transaction is provided by a third party other thanthe enterprise system and a service to complete the transaction isavailable to the client account from a second endpoint within theenterprise system; and (2) in response to (1), populating the advisorynotification with a suggestion to use the service provided by the secondendpoint.
 19. The method of claim 12, further comprising: receivingupdates from the at least one endpoint to the set of rules; and updatingthe set of rules.
 20. A non-transitory computer readable medium forproviding advisory notifications to mobile applications, the computerreadable medium comprising computer executable instructions for:interfacing a server device with at least one endpoint within anenterprise system, each endpoint storing client data sets correspondingto client accounts, each client account providing at least one featurein a mobile application for executing operations associated with theclient account, and wherein the enterprise system enables at least oneclient account to process transactions, and wherein at least one dataset represents interactions between the at least one client account andthe enterprise system to process transactions; storing a model trainedby a machine learning engine to automatically determine advisorynotifications relevant to the client data sets, the at least oneendpoint, or both the client data sets and the at least one endpoint;determining a current state of a client account by communicating withthe at least one endpoint; using the model to determine an advisorynotification for the client account based on the current state;referring to a set of rules to determine when to provide the advisorynotification in the mobile application, and in what portion of themobile application to display the notification; and sending the advisorynotification via the communications module to a client device to displaythe advisory notification in the mobile application, wherein the mobileapplication comprises a portion displaying information associated with aplurality of client accounts and enabling viewing of the at least oneclient account associated with the at least one data set documentinginteractions, and wherein the advisory notification is displayedseparately in a notification card, the notification card being adjacentto, and separate and distinct from the portion displaying informationassociated with the plurality accounts.
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 22. The serverdevice of claim 1, wherein the notification card is displayed above theportion.
 23. The server device of claim 9, wherein the transactionrelates to transferring money.
 24. The server of claim 22, wherein themobile application enables viewing content with vertical scrolling.